People fleeing from Libya to Egypt during 2011′s Libyan Civil War share their escape stories. One Libyan laborer says he saw “death with [his] own eyes” in Benghazi and feels lucky to have gotten out of the violent conflict area. The Egyptian-Libyan border is full of people moving work tools, … Continue reading
Forensic anthropologist Anthony Falsetti travels to Russia in order to investigate what happened to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family on July 17, 1918, the night of their execution by Bolshevik party members. Falsetti gains access to various documents and recorded testimonies of the executioners of the firing … Continue reading
Greg King and Penny Wilson, co-authors of “The Fate of the Romanovs,” explain the way that Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family were depicted throughout his empire. According to the authors, the Tsar was known to live a “fairytale” lifestyle and was also seen as controlling. A play-by-play … Continue reading
Forensic anthropologist Anthony Falsetti, accompanied by the Pentagon’s leading forensic DNA expert, travels to Siberia, Russia in order to investigate bodies that have been unearthed. The bodies have the possibility of being the two children of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia–these two Romanov children were never discovered after the royal … Continue reading
Channel 3 news interviews eight Egyptians living in Vermont during the 2011 revolution who discuss what it is like being so far away from their families in a time of violence and death. Continue reading
A video of dozens of people that were reportedly killed in clashes as Egyptian security forces violently broke up sit-in camps of Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Cairo. Continue reading
Hundreds of protesters take to the streets in Cairo, Egypt to fight against the Muslim Brotherhood and are calling for the fall of the government. Continue reading
Peter Hahn discusses the written and video diary hostage Robert Ode kept during the Iranian hostage crisis. Continue reading
Ted Koppel, whose program Nightline was initially created to keep track of the Iranian hostage crisis, recalls what happened at the end of the crisis and comments on the legacy of Iran and America's actions during the event. Continue reading
Rosalynn Carter recalls what it was like to have only sporadic news updates about the Iranian Hostage Crisis and remembers speaking to the families of the hostage victims when her husband, President Jimmy Carter, could not. Continue reading
